http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/ CFZ Volunteers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:47:29 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/810 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/810 Until five minutes ago, me and the orange cat were the only two mammals awake in the house. First Graham bustled through on the way to do errands in Bideford, Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:37:40 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/809 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/809 The autumn still seems to be doing its best not to be going away. The sun is still shining, my roses are still blooming, and yesterday - in one of the breaks Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:49:48 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/808 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/808 Graham takes time out from fixing a disintegrating window to update the CFZ site. A nice mixed bag today, although I did wince a bit to find someone's reading Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:53:11 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/807 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/807 Computers/antibiotics/weather/roofing felt/Electricity bills/septic cysts/postal strikes/e-mail servers. What have they got in common on the first friday in Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:45:25 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/806 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/806 Today is a celebration of the only person in British politics who actually had the right idea. Yesterday Dale D wrote to me asking whether it was (as he heard) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:13:31 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/805 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/805 4th November: MUIRHEAD'S MYSTERIES: Richard M is back with a peculiar story about warring tribes of starlings Click here for further details... 4th November: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:03:20 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/804 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/804 3rd November: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Part two of our look at the world's rarest fish Click here for further details... 3rd November: FORTEAN: Part one of a three part Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:24:24 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/803 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/803 Yes it is early for this, you are right. But I have a doctor's appointment at 10, and will be out for much of the day, and it has to be said that an early Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:08:45 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/802 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/802 I was awoken this morning by the most Godawful gale that I have heard in years. I know that these things are subjective, and perhaps it is just that we are not Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:14:41 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/801 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/801 It seemed like a good idea to do a Hallowe'en themed special, but then it all got out of hand. Story of the CFZ really.. BLOGGO (Samhein Special): Why Today's Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:58:19 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/800 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/800 The day before Hallowe'en and we are defrosting the freezer. It sounds dull I know, but it is that sort of day. Thank goodness for blog updates: CRYPTOZOOLOGY: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:22:21 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/799 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/799 It is warmer today, but still an incipient taste of the winter to come can be felt by those who are paranoid enough to feel it. Everywhere else in the country Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:37:08 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/798 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/798 Winter is just around the corner, and it is grey and chilly inside and out. Bizarrely, however, I saw a speckled wood in the garden yesterday, and there are Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:32:31 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/797 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/797 Richard is here again and work has just started on the new edition of Animals & Men and the 2010 CFZ Yearbook. I have a doctor's appointment later (which I am Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:34 GMT Jonathan Downes http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/796 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFZ_Volunteers/message/796 Falmouth was fun yesterday; no sea monsters but a nice walk and some close encounters with feathered beasties. Biggles had a particularly splendid time. No